SB 1142 – Adds a circuit judge to the twenty-sixth judicial circuit

• Sponsor: Purgason
• LR Number: 5012S.01I
• Committee: Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
• Last Action: 2/19/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
• Journal Page: S277
• Effective Date: August 28, 2008

Current Bill Summary

SB 1142 - This act provides that beginning July 1, 2009, there shall be an additional circuit judge position in the twenty-sixth judicial circuit. The judges in this circuit shall sit in divisions numbered one, two, and three. The new circuit judge for division three shall be appointed by the Governor, and such judge shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected in 2010.

ALEXA PEARSON